it says
lrwxrwxrwx for access 1 root root 3 (date) /dev/cdrom -> hdc
I had a harddrive hooked up to the same place previously could this be the reason it isn't mounting?
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On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 08:08:39PM -0400, Peter Christensen wrote: | Thanks for the help in setting up /etc/fstab. I think I've gotten a | little farther along. I added a line to fstab as follows: | | /dev/cdrom /cd iso9660 ro,user,noauto,unhide | | Now when I type | | mount /cd | | I get the following message: | | mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device | | I wonder if my cdrom drive is not compatible? I think what I have is | just a standard drive, IDE.
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On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 08:08:39PM -0400, Peter Christensen wrote: | Thanks for the help in setting up /etc/fstab. I think I've gotten a | little farther along. I added a line to fstab as follows: | | /dev/cdrom /cd iso9660 ro,user,noauto,unhide | | Now when I type | | mount /cd | | I get the following message: | | mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device | | I wonder if my cdrom drive is not compatible? I think what I have is | just a standard drive, IDE.
It should work. What is /dev/cdrom? ('ls -l /dev/cdrom') Where on
the ide buses is it? What kernel version are you running?-D
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